2019 - Payments Canada

Prepaid card (including plastic and virtual cards) volume growth continued to be nearly double the combined growth rate of debit and credit card (nine per cent vs. five per cent) as Canadians used more prepaid cards in 2018, particularly for e-commerce. 5 2 Debit cards include all transactions (e.g., POS, card on file, contactless, online). ................
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